England, 1536. In English history there was no royal court more magnificent and brilliant. But beneath the glittering gilding lives treason... Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII, the most powerful king England has ever known. She is destined to ascend the throne, for she is the heir of the king. But everything will change overnight when Anne Boleyn, her mother, is executed for treason. Friends will become enemies, and the only thing she can hope for in the fight for the future throne is her own strength...